Author Topic: Paranormal Activity 2 (Read 1778 times)

donald1 · « **on:** October 23, 2010, 02:41:04 AM »

spoiler alert - this movie sucked

i have seen many movies in my time, and not many were as disappointing, boring, unimaginative, or even nearly as stupid as this. first of all, most of the movie was shot with a damn camcorder. it was like watching Cloverfield again. if i had known that, i would not have gone to see this steaming pile of crap. and i doubt this was even based on a real story. i sat through this film bored to tears cuz it was just like watching lame home movies, i actually thought about walking out of the theater halfway into it. nothing happens until about when there was 30 minutes left. i would like to say the special effects were nice, but there was none. i've seen more paranormal stuff on Ghost Hunters on the SciFi channel. and furthermore, when the activity finally started, it was not even scary at all. i feel sorry for anyone who finds this even remotely scary.

if you really need to see this, wait until you can download it, just dont waste your money.

vuzedome · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2010, 05:40:14 AM »

So part 2 sucked?

NaRu · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2010, 07:31:32 AM »

If you watched the first movie then you should have known it was going to be shot with a camcorder. The movie isn't suppose to be a typical movie with a story but more real like. That was the point of cloverfield and Blair Witch Project. I haven't watch it yet but Im expecting to be the same as the first movie. I loved the first one. It wasn't really scary but more creepy. Things that pop up in front of you are what makes people scream and jump but once its over then its out of your head. Its the creepy stuff that stays in your mind. You know the movie was fake but when you see something creepy it will stay in your mind longer then most horror films.

Now I know most people hate the whole camcorder type movie and how people complain that they didn't know. Most of the time people don't know because in the trailer you can't tell. Cloverfield was like that and when I saw it I was surprise about it. No one should complain about that with Paranormal Activity 2 because if you saw the first movie you should have expect it was with a camcorder and the trailer shows off that.

rostheferret · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2010, 09:10:33 AM »

[Rec]

This concludes my list of films shot on handheld camera that didn't suck monkey nuts.

donald1 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2010, 10:36:40 AM »

no, i didnt see the first one. my near elderly mother wanted to see PA2, and i figured we'd get some quality time in before there's no time left. i'm just saying this movie was more boring than scary. even the scary parts were lame and didnt even start until the movie was almost over. when the movie goes quiet and then all of a sudden theres a super loud noise to startle you - thats not scary, it's annoying. the part i dont get is why does it need to be done with camcorder style? most of the time during the first boring half, the camera was pointing at cleavage which i really didnt want to see. is this what movie making has come down to?

even before i had to watch this, i had to sit through all the trailors for all the other bad movies. like the one about the train.

DLTE · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2010, 12:44:28 PM »

Wasn't the first one just as bad?

NaRu · « **Reply #6 on:** October 24, 2010, 02:55:16 AM »

Quote from: rostheferret on October 23, 2010, 09:10:33 AM

[Rec]

This concludes my list of films shot on handheld camera that didn't suck monkey nuts.

That movie was awesome.

Quote from: DLTE on October 23, 2010, 12:44:28 PM

Wasn't the first one just as bad?

I didn't think the first one was bad. I liked it a lot. I'm looking forward for tuesday night to go see the second one.

halfelite · « **Reply #7 on:** October 24, 2010, 07:19:22 AM »

first one sucked was a waste of my time I doubt i will ever watch the second one.

keviny1 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 25, 2010, 02:42:54 AM »

I did enjoy the first one, i must say that parts were definitely very jumpy. Just returned home from watching the second one and i thought it was alright but it was pretty similar to the first one almost too similar that it felt like a remake or something. But i did enjoy both, And if you did see and enjoy the first one i would imagine you would like this one as well.

rostheferret · « **Reply #9 on:** October 25, 2010, 08:28:22 AM »

I saw half the wires and that stop-motion bit was just awful. I spent the entire film cracking jokes with my mate, like when

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In that regards it was alright...

donald1 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 25, 2010, 07:19:06 PM »

i am sad that this is what passes as a good movie these days. to those who actually liked it - enjoy your suckfest. i, on the otherhand, will remember fond memories of movies which were actually good while waiting for the movie industry to figure out how to make great cinema once more. thank haruhi these's always anime.

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Havoc10K · « **Reply #11 on:** October 25, 2010, 08:09:08 PM »

I would like to see one of Fatal Frame movies, the games when I played them at night with headphones on ears, was creeping my crap out of me sometimes, those games were masterpieces, the old horror movies were superior to most of todays, ahh good old times, good old times, when you was watching Nightmare from elm street and you thought it was not a dream and pow, headbutt, I wish directors of horror movies were as creative as back then

donald1 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 25, 2010, 08:43:19 PM »

Quote from: Havoc10K on October 25, 2010, 08:09:08 PM

I would like to see one of Fatal Frame movies, the games when I played them at night with headphones on ears, was creeping my crap out of me sometimes, those games were masterpieces, the old horror movies were superior to most of todays, ahh good old times, good old times, when you was watching Nightmare from elm street and you thought it was not a dream and pow, headbutt, I wish directors of horror movies were as creative as back then

i loved the Silent Hill games, but the movie did not live up to the games (which actually gave one of my friends nightmares.)
i agree, the old horror films were great. Nightmare on Elm Street was delightfully terrifying. and John Carpenter's "The Thing" would be more than most younger people are used to.

the movie industry isn't what it used to be tho, movies like The Shawshank Redemption seem to be a thing of the past.

Ixarku · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2010, 09:24:00 PM »

I saw the original Blair Witch Project in the theater when it came out, and that's going to be my first and last experience with handicam movies. While I can appreciate the desire to make a film seem gritty and realistic, I just see the handicam style of filming as a cheap cop-out. Better writing and better directing could accomplish the same thing without giving the audience vertigo in the process. So I'm definitely skipping the Paranormal Activity movies.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2010, 09:27:26 PM »

when I watched "The Thing" for the first time *was 8 years old) i shitted my pants :)

Ixarku · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2010, 09:32:04 PM »

Quote from: Havoc10K on October 25, 2010, 09:27:26 PM

when I watched "The Thing" for the first time *was 8 years old) i shitted my pants

John Carpenter's version of The Thing? That's probably my favorite horror movie of all time. That movie is still freaky as hell.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2010, 10:48:56 PM »

My sister is older than me by 4 years, she is still scared as hell when I try to have her watch this movie

she never gotten past by the first 30 mins

donald1 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 26, 2010, 05:16:37 PM »

Quote from: Ixarku on October 25, 2010, 09:32:04 PM

Quote from: Havoc10K on October 25, 2010, 09:27:26 PM
when I watched "The Thing" for the first time *was 8 years old) i shitted my pants

John Carpenter's version of The Thing? That's probably my favorite horror movie of all time. That movie is still freaky as hell.

it even had a great ending, good luck finding that these days. it was gross and scary without plain gore and dismemberment like Saw.

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Ixarku · « **Reply #18 on:** October 26, 2010, 09:36:08 PM »

Quote from: donald1 on October 26, 2010, 05:16:37 PM

it even had a great ending, good luck finding that these days. it was gross and scary without plain gore and dismemberment like Saw.
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the part where the dog's head peels like a banana and the skull falls out and the tongue flops all around is one of my fav scenes in that movie.

Personally, I gotta go for the classic scene, when

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That, and when

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That scene seriously freaked me the hell out when I was a kid.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #19 on:** October 26, 2010, 09:45:32 PM »

yup, you would never expect this kind of stuff then, now, it's all the same pretty much, not much invention, lack of really scary stuff, no wonder I still think Alien movies are one of the better ones, so simply made, with such a great effect, not so much scary, but shows how good simple effects can be impressive, my sister didn't finish any Alien movie as well lol

the new CGs are actually making the movies less scary, i love some of the Japanese horror movies though, not much CGs, a lot of acting, and props, some scenes can be really scary